noun · countable / uncountable · rare

vainglory

vain·glo·ry

vainglory · vainglories

марнославство

тщеславие, хвастливость, спесь

Prahlerei, Eitelkeit, Ruhmsucht

Excessive vanityExcessive vanity.

» His vainglory put the Republic at risk.

Meaning

4 senses

(countable, uncountable)Excessive vanity.
Eitelkeit
тщесла́виеtščeslávije
марносла́вствоmarnoslávstvo
(countable, uncountable)Boastful, unwarranted pride in one's accomplishments or qualities.
Prahlerei, Ruhmsucht
тщесла́виеtščeslávije, спесьspesʹ
марносла́вствоmarnoslávstvo
(countable, uncountable)Vain, ostentatious display.
Prahlerei
тщесла́виеtščeslávije, хвастли́востьxvastlívostʹ
(countable, uncountable)A regarding of oneself with undue favor.
тщесла́виеtščeslávije, хвастли́востьxvastlívostʹ

More definitions

outspoken conceit

Examples

1 sentences

His vainglory put the Republic at risk.
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Translations

7 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

excessive vanity:

Русский

By meaning 3

excessive vanity:

boastful, unwarranted pride:

vain, ostentatious display:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

excessive vanity:

boastful, unwarranted pride:

Origin

From Middle English waynglori (“worthless glory”), from Old French vaine glorie, from Medi

From Middle English waynglori (“worthless glory”), from Old French vaine glorie, from Medieval Latin vāna glōria, from Latin vāna (“empty, groundless, boastful”) + glōria (“fame, ambition, boasting”), apparently modelled after similar terms in Germanic languages. Compare Old English īdel wuldor (“vain glory”) and īdelġielp (“vainglory”).

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